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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1973: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 August 1973366,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
366,178 km227,532 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 21, 197310:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1973 to the new moon of August 28, 1973, a cycle of 29.35 days.